Couplets, Jumlas, Twitteronomics: A guide to Rahul Gandhi 2.0

The Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday took to Twitter to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Gujarats Gandhinagar and his subesequent plans in the Bharatiya Janata Partys BJP bastionMausam ka haal chunaav se pehle Gujarat mein aaj hogi jumlon ki barsaat Weather forecast Its expected to rain monikers before the elections he tweeted making it for the third day in a row to have presented a glimpse of a changed Rahul to the worldRahul GandhiNot so long ago Rahul was criticised rather bullied for not having the knack of wooing people with words something the other leaders of his party and other parties have mastered over the timeBut in a surprising social media overdrive the Gandhi scion has been of late putting out wellaimed tweets consisting primarily of couplets and life lessonsBe it yesterdays taking down of Prime Minister Modi United States President Donald Trump and Pakistan in a single stroke or an earlier admonitory jibe at PM Modis pessimist remark Rahul Gandhi 20 seems to have brought the house down with his newfound social media humourRahul on Sunday had attacked Prime Minister Modi over his claims of growing friendship between India and the United StatesResponding to Trumps tweet that talked of Americas evolving friendship with Pakistan Rahul Gandhi wrote on the microblogging site Modi ji quick looks like President Trump needs another hugTrumps tweet had come a day after the Pakistani security forces rescued an AmericanCanadian family from the clutches of the Haqqani terror network operative in IslamabadIn a marked turnaround of sorts Trump had earlier accused Pakistan of housing the very terrorists that we are fighting But that will have to change and that will change immediately This was after Prime Minister Modis June visit to the US wherein Trumps description of the former as a true friend had set the tone for a successful bilateral meeting between the two nations and rightly so from their bearhug to their praises for each other everything reeked of a growing bonhomie between the world leadersThe Congress had back then too downplayed the essentiality of the visit and its aftermathOn October 12 quoting a report that read the World Bank had downgraded Indias growth forecast Rahul tweeted These pessimists are going global Why doniquestt they just go awayThis was in reference to PM Modis assertion wherein he had while addressing a public rally in Gujarat said the people who always looked for lacunae in the governments economic policies were pessimists who should be avoidedRahul Gandhi did not hold back his opinion on Amit Shahiquests son Jay matter eitherAmazing transition from Beti Bachao to Beta Bachao he tweetedSpecifically talking of achievements a tweet of Rahul from September 27 was retweeted 6000 times The tongueincheek statement was an apparent dig at Finance Minister Arun JaitleyLadies amp Gentlemen this is your copilot amp FM speaking Plz fasten your seat belts amp take brace positionThe wings have fallen off our plane he tweeted quoting a media reportAdding to this are the Congress vice presidents constant rebuttals with Union Minister Smriti Irani over a plethora of subjectsThe prize of driving the points home has been that Rahul has amassed more than 10 lakh followers in two months not a mean feat for sure making the Gandhi scions Twitteronomics a hit among the Twitterati